Operation Safe Lot

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On Sunday, December 28th, 2014, at 7:15pm, Hartford Police Department Detectives from the Shooting Task Force were patrolling Orange Street in the Parkville neighborhood as a part of an ongoing investigation. During the investigation, Detectives pulled into the rear parking lot of 1532 Park Street at which point they observed the three suspects in a Nissan Maxima. As the Detectives drove towards the Maxima, the front passenger (Gamble) immediately bailed out of the vehicle clutching his waistband running west on Park Street. STF Detectives pursued Gamble and observed him throw the a Smith & Wesson M&P .45 caliber Semi-Auto handgun in the area of Park Street at Hazel Street. Gamble was outrun and apprehended. The gun was recovered by detectives. Other STF Detectives were able to detain the operator (Smith) and rear passenger (Harmon) without incident. During a weapon pat down of Harmon, the listed Raven Arms .25 caliber pistol was located in an covert 'inside the pants' holster near his genitals.

Accused Gamble was in possession of a small amount of marijuana. Accused Harmon and Smith were inpossession of plastic bags containing Crack Cocaine.

Please be advised, The Hartford Police Deptartment will conduct a D.U.I. (Driving Under the Influence/Intoxicated) checkpoint on December 30, 2014 between the hours 5:00 pm and 1:00 am in the City's Northend, near Barbour St and Judson St.

(Hartford, CT.) – The Hartford Police Department Traffic Division will conduct a DUI Enforcement Checkpoint on Friday, December 26, 2014, from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., in the area of 809 Asylum Avenue.

This checkpoint is part of the Hartford Police Department's ongoing expanded DUI enforcement program supervised by the HPD's Traffic Division and funded through a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation DUI Enforcement Program.